Laura Clawson
@lauraclawson.bsky.social
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NARRATOR: Roth quite clearly did not name call & we need our leaders to stop granting <every bad faith premise> of the far right authoritarians' lawless assault on higher education before we push back.
November 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
NARRATOR: Roth quite clearly did not name call & we need our leaders to stop granting <every bad faith premise> of the far right authoritarians' lawless assault on higher education before we push back.
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In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning."
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
November 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning."
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
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Olivia Nuzzi was doing journalism the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Olivia Nuzzi was doing journalism the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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Charlotte-Mecklebburg Schools, according to reports, saw 15% of its students absent today amid Border Patrol operations in Charlotte. If that percentage of 15% happens Tuesday in Wake County due to the Border Patrol coming to Raleigh, 24.000 students could be absent from school. #nced #ncpol #wcpss
November 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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"The wildfire is over my shoulder now, over the hill": Olivia, lady, the wildfire killed people, drove thousands from their homes, and sent a couple of my older kid's classmates fleeing with their families for their lives. Quit making like Temu Joan Didion and shut the f–– up.
November 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"The wildfire is over my shoulder now, over the hill": Olivia, lady, the wildfire killed people, drove thousands from their homes, and sent a couple of my older kid's classmates fleeing with their families for their lives. Quit making like Temu Joan Didion and shut the f–– up.
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As Trump again ramps up attacks on judges as biased, consider: his own appointees rule against his admin 49% of the time. Republican appointees 65%. Reporters should ask: If the judiciary is biased, why do the judges he picked keep ruling against him?
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
As Trump again ramps up attacks on judges as biased, consider: his own appointees rule against his admin 49% of the time. Republican appointees 65%. Reporters should ask: If the judiciary is biased, why do the judges he picked keep ruling against him?
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Part 2:
“If I burned my hand on your old-fashioned radiator,” Olivia had written, “I would still yearn for your heat.”
Sadly, I raised my hand to our Georgetown townhouse’s central heating vent. Once again, I was not the note’s intended recipient.
“If I burned my hand on your old-fashioned radiator,” Olivia had written, “I would still yearn for your heat.”
Sadly, I raised my hand to our Georgetown townhouse’s central heating vent. Once again, I was not the note’s intended recipient.
November 18, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Part 2:
“If I burned my hand on your old-fashioned radiator,” Olivia had written, “I would still yearn for your heat.”
Sadly, I raised my hand to our Georgetown townhouse’s central heating vent. Once again, I was not the note’s intended recipient.
“If I burned my hand on your old-fashioned radiator,” Olivia had written, “I would still yearn for your heat.”
Sadly, I raised my hand to our Georgetown townhouse’s central heating vent. Once again, I was not the note’s intended recipient.
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Turns out it may have been the Appalachian Trail.
From the piece about the Olivia Nuzzi book.
I am trying to remain calm.
I am trying to remain calm.
November 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Turns out it may have been the Appalachian Trail.
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Look, I know we're all sick of hearing "if this had happened with any other president ..." but it's absolutely true and absolutely can't be forgotten.
For some reason, this nation gives this idiotic spoiled brat a free pass from things that would destroy the administration of any other person.
For some reason, this nation gives this idiotic spoiled brat a free pass from things that would destroy the administration of any other person.
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Look, I know we're all sick of hearing "if this had happened with any other president ..." but it's absolutely true and absolutely can't be forgotten.
For some reason, this nation gives this idiotic spoiled brat a free pass from things that would destroy the administration of any other person.
For some reason, this nation gives this idiotic spoiled brat a free pass from things that would destroy the administration of any other person.
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If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper?
by Larry Summers
by Larry Summers
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper?
by Larry Summers
by Larry Summers
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some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops:
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
My #SuperlativeCannedGoo tweet from the old place is making rounds again. Support co-op cranberry growers!
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops:
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
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average Nuzzi prose:
"The options were white rice and brown rice. Two grains, different colors. Flecks of cilantro. Tan bowl, closer to the brown rice in color. The big spoons would scoop either one. People in line were yelling. 'Let's fucking go.' I would fucking go. On my terms, white or brown."
"The options were white rice and brown rice. Two grains, different colors. Flecks of cilantro. Tan bowl, closer to the brown rice in color. The big spoons would scoop either one. People in line were yelling. 'Let's fucking go.' I would fucking go. On my terms, white or brown."
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
average Nuzzi prose:
"The options were white rice and brown rice. Two grains, different colors. Flecks of cilantro. Tan bowl, closer to the brown rice in color. The big spoons would scoop either one. People in line were yelling. 'Let's fucking go.' I would fucking go. On my terms, white or brown."
"The options were white rice and brown rice. Two grains, different colors. Flecks of cilantro. Tan bowl, closer to the brown rice in color. The big spoons would scoop either one. People in line were yelling. 'Let's fucking go.' I would fucking go. On my terms, white or brown."
Thinking of my friend who just a month or so ago started a job with health coverage after years on the Mass connector.
November 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Thinking of my friend who just a month or so ago started a job with health coverage after years on the Mass connector.
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“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
www.thecity.nyc
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
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This whole piece is all the actual horribles on parade, and this one is just infuriating
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This whole piece is all the actual horribles on parade, and this one is just infuriating
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Could argue the misogyny Summers expressed both publicly while president of Harvard and in emails to Epstein says more about the culture at our most elite institutions than any of the frontpage freakouts over academia in the past few years but hey
November 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Could argue the misogyny Summers expressed both publicly while president of Harvard and in emails to Epstein says more about the culture at our most elite institutions than any of the frontpage freakouts over academia in the past few years but hey
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I once listed on my annual activities report the time I spent on things like
strategizing with a fellow junior prof about how to avoid her harasser at a conference while still getting to network,
etc
just to make a point
strategizing with a fellow junior prof about how to avoid her harasser at a conference while still getting to network,
etc
just to make a point
Imagine the things we could do with our time if we didn’t have to do this bsky.app/profile/chan...
I did my job. And then I did a job that never should have been my responsibility afterwards, sending emails and having meetings about how this was allowed to happen in the first place. Other women scholars had to spend their time explaining to Aspen leadership why this was not ok.
November 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I once listed on my annual activities report the time I spent on things like
strategizing with a fellow junior prof about how to avoid her harasser at a conference while still getting to network,
etc
just to make a point
strategizing with a fellow junior prof about how to avoid her harasser at a conference while still getting to network,
etc
just to make a point
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I think a way to think about the Epstein shaped fracture in the Republican coalition is people who were deluded that they were the good guys vs the people who are extremely conscious that they are the bad guys.
November 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I think a way to think about the Epstein shaped fracture in the Republican coalition is people who were deluded that they were the good guys vs the people who are extremely conscious that they are the bad guys.
There were like three very good albums that came out the year I turned 16 but perfect?
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
There were like three very good albums that came out the year I turned 16 but perfect?
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Bsky hasn’t heard the story about the time that I was giving a virtual colloquium to the Aspen Center for Physics in September 2020 and Lawrence Krauss, Geoff Marcy, Christian Ott all attended as a group
ACP now has a policy that would prevent this from happening, because of that incident 🔭
ACP now has a policy that would prevent this from happening, because of that incident 🔭
November 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Bsky hasn’t heard the story about the time that I was giving a virtual colloquium to the Aspen Center for Physics in September 2020 and Lawrence Krauss, Geoff Marcy, Christian Ott all attended as a group
ACP now has a policy that would prevent this from happening, because of that incident 🔭
ACP now has a policy that would prevent this from happening, because of that incident 🔭
Can you imagine being this woman right now reading this shit? And wondering who else he talked about you to and how it might have affected your professional standing?
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Can you imagine being this woman right now reading this shit? And wondering who else he talked about you to and how it might have affected your professional standing?
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Once again, Marjorie Taylor Greene is a vicious antisemite and a monster. Just because she’s throwing haymakers at Trump right now doesn’t make her good. She’s a racist moron. I’m glad they’re fighting, but she sucks. She’s not welcome in our tent. She’s a bad and hateful person.
November 15, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Once again, Marjorie Taylor Greene is a vicious antisemite and a monster. Just because she’s throwing haymakers at Trump right now doesn’t make her good. She’s a racist moron. I’m glad they’re fighting, but she sucks. She’s not welcome in our tent. She’s a bad and hateful person.
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This is your regular reminder that not everyone who wears a clerical collar is referred to as a "priest," but, instead, often referred to as "pastor" or "minister," and that this has been true — and, in the heavily-protestant U.S., the *literal norm* — for centuries.
November 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
This is your regular reminder that not everyone who wears a clerical collar is referred to as a "priest," but, instead, often referred to as "pastor" or "minister," and that this has been true — and, in the heavily-protestant U.S., the *literal norm* — for centuries.
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Michael is my neighbor and a wonderful, courageous person. When Nazis left anti-Semitic leaflets on people’s cars, he organized a neighborhood sign-making session and led people in posting the signs communicating our solidarity against hate.
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Michael is my neighbor and a wonderful, courageous person. When Nazis left anti-Semitic leaflets on people’s cars, he organized a neighborhood sign-making session and led people in posting the signs communicating our solidarity against hate.
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I always think “learning loss” compared to what?
Compared to what they would’ve learned on an alternate earth that *didn’t* experience a massive and global deadly pandemic?
Compared to what they would’ve learned on an alternate earth that *didn’t* experience a massive and global deadly pandemic?
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I always think “learning loss” compared to what?
Compared to what they would’ve learned on an alternate earth that *didn’t* experience a massive and global deadly pandemic?
Compared to what they would’ve learned on an alternate earth that *didn’t* experience a massive and global deadly pandemic?